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Wednesday April 16

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Meetings and Events

HYATT REGENCY ISLANDIA:

Grunion 5K Run/Walk
6:00am-7:30am - Meet outside Hyatt lobby

Registration
Open 7:30am to 6:00pm - Regency Ballroom Foyer

AFS Business Office
Open 7:30am-5pm - Garden C, Suite 120

Audio Visual Preview
Open 8:00am-10:00pm - Garden Room E

Exhibit Show & Poster Session
8:00am-5:30pm - Mission Ballroom

Roundtable Discussion - Mexican AFS Chapter Formation
9:50am –10:50pm - Garden Room F

WDAFS Business Meeting Luncheon
11:30am –1:45pm - Regency Ballroom B & C

Scripps Institution

Scripps Birch Aquarium Reception Dinner
6 :00-10:00pm - Birch Aquarium

Departure buses will be loading at 5:30 pm in front of the hotel lobby and running a continuous circuit between the Hyatt Regency and the Birch Aquarium.

The Scripps Birch Aquarium Reception Dinner is sponsored by: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Sessions:

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Wednesday, April 16 Morning (click on title for abstract)

Session: Mexican Fisheries
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency A
Moderator: E. Knudsen

8:00 AM

 Introduction

8:10

[2101] Index of Biological Integrity of the Río Nazas, Durango, MX
S. Contreras-Balderas

8:30

[2102] Jewel cichlid, an exotic fish eradicated from Poza San Jose del Anteojo, Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, MX
L. Lozano-Vilano

8:50

[2104] Development Of An Aquatic Resource Management Strategy For The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve Of Central Mexico
D. Heller

9:10

[2103] An overview of AFS with emphasis on the steps for forming a Mexican AFS chapter
E. Knudsen

9:30

 Break
9:50

Roundtable Discussion (9:50 – 10:50 am)

MX AFS Chapter Formation

Session: Use of Science in Public Policy
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency B

Roundtable Discussion
(8:10 – 10:50am)

Moderators :

Tony Faast, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 503-231-6233, tony_faast@fws.gov

Don MacDonald, Sustainable Fisheries Foundation, 250-729-9623, sff@island.net

Focus

This session is to truly be a facilitated round-table discussion involving audience and panelists. We will moderate/facilitate questions, responses, and observations focused on “the use of fisheries science in the public arena”. This is by design a broad category. Each panelist brings a different personal and professional perspective to the topic via their expertise in the media, management agency, NGO, public involvement strategist, fisheries scientist, etc. We are looking forward to discussion on the role of science in public decision-making. What it is or has been in the past, and how it might be better in the future. This issue is a source of concern and/or frustration of many fishery professionals.

Procedure

After a brief introduction of the topic by the moderators, each panelist will have 5 minutes to frame their particular perspective on the topic, including their background and experience in dealing with the public and fisheries science. All we need is a quick “who you are”, “what you’ve done”, and a short anecdote or two describing a fisheries issue you have been involved with or observed, and your thoughts on the effectiveness or lack of it, that biologists brought to the issue. We will then pose questions to individuals panel members and solicit responses from other panelists and the audience.

Session: Ocean Ecology of Pacific Salmon (Part 1)
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency C
Moderator: M. Trudel

8:00 AM

 Introduction

8:10

[2301] Survival rates for 120 pink, chum, and sockeye Pacific salmon on regional scales (< 1000km)
R. Peterman

8:30

[2302] A spatial hierarchical Bayesian model for multi-stock stock-recruitment analysis of Pacific salmon
Z. Su

8:50

[2303] Genetic mixed stock analysis of juvenile Chinook salmon in coastal areas of Pacific Northwest
D. Teel

9:10

[2304] Overwinter marine distribution and movements of juvenile coho and Chinook salmon
D. Welch

9:30

 Break

9:50

[2305] Otolith based studies on the ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley of CA
C. Grimes

10:10

 [2306] Simulating juvenile salmon growth and swimming in a near shore flow field
L. Botsford

10:30

[2307] Role of the Columbia River Plume in growth and survival of juvenile salmon
E. Casillas

Session: An Unique Ecosystem: The Salton Sea, A Saline Lake in a Desert Environment
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Islands A
Moderator: L. Caskey

8:00 AM

  Introduction

8:10

[2401] The Salton Sea: avian and aquatic resources at the crossroads
 C. Palizza

8:50

[2402] Limnology of the Salton Sea, a saline desert lake
M. Tiffany

9:10

[2403] Some observations on desert pupfish at the Salton Sea
R. Sutton

9:30

 Break

9:50

[2404] Gut contents of nonnative fishes in agricultural drains
B. Martin

10:10

[2405] Unusual dynamics of the Salton Sea fish populations
L. Caskey

10:30

[2406] Salinity tolerances of juvenile Mozambique tilapia hybrids during direct and gradual transfer to elevated salinity
B. Sardella

10:50

[2407] The effect of temperature on salinity tolerance in juvenile Mozambique tilapia hybrids
C. Brauner

Session: Determining the Number of Salmon Historically Present (Part 1)
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Islands B
Moderator: H. Michael

8:00 AM

  Introduction

8:10

[2501] Estimating the historic and optimum salmon productivity of sockeye nursery lakes in the Fraser River
E. MacIsaac

8:30

[2502] Four different approaches to estimating pre-Euroamerican salmon run size, in the Clearwater River, WA
J. Cedarholm

8:50

[2503] Restoration goals for Puget Sound Chinook
N. Sands

9:10

[2504] Considerations for establishing recovery plans and goals for endangered salmonids
 G. Reeves

9:30

 Break

9:50

 [2505] Restoring nutrients and productivity in salmonid food webs
M. Wipfli

10:10

 [2506] Effects of abundance of spawning sockeye salmon on nutrients and epilithic algal biomass
T. Johnston

10:30

 [2507] Reconstructing salmon abundance in rivers: an initial dendrochronological evaluation
D. Drake

Session: Emerging Theory, Experience, and Issues Related to Fire, Fire Management, and Aquatic Resources (Part 1)
Venue: Marina Village
Room: Terrace Room
Moderator: G. Contreras

8:00 AM

  Introduction

8:10

[2601] Fire, fisheries and aquatic resources: need for improved interagency coordination and collaboration
G. Contreras

8:30

[2602] Fire and aquatic ecosystems of the western US: current knowledge and key questions
P. Bisson

8:50

[2603] Status of native fishes in the western US and issues for fire and fuels management
B. Rieman

9:10

[2604] Effects of fire on fish populations:  landscape perspectives on persistence of native fishes and nonnative fish invasions
J. Dunham

9:30

 Break

9:50

 [2605] Altered forest landscapes and fire regimes: inland northwest US forests, 1800 – 2000
P. Hessburg

10:10

 [2606] Effects of wildfire and subsequent flood, landslide, and debris torrent on fish distribution and abundance
P. Howell

10:30

 [2607] Scale considerations for the evaluation of physical effectiveness and ecological utility of post-fire stabilization
C. Luce

10:50

 [2608] Replacing wildfire management activities: will we “protect” aquatic ecosystems to death?
G. Reeves

Session: Biology and Management of Native and Exotic Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Southern California and Northern Baja California (Part 2)
Venue: Marina Village
Room: Dockside Room
Moderator: T. Haglund

8:00 AM

 Introduction

8:10

[2701] Captive maintenance and reproduction in native freshwater fishes
K. Russell

8:30

[2702] Relationships of biological communities to water source and channel type
C. Burton

8:50

[2703] East meets West: mosquitofishes in southern CA
J. Seigel

9:10

[2704] Dynamics of sport fish and non-sport fish species and drawdown effects of Silverwood Reservoir
M. Chmeil

9:30

 Break

9:50

[2705] Introduced parasites of freshwater fishes in southern CA
 B. Kuperman

10:10

[2706] Native amphibian and aquatic reptile fauna; origin, distribution, and current status
R. Fisher

10:30

[2707] The plight of the arroyo toad and other amphibians in the rivers of northern Baja CA
R. Lovich

10:50

[2708] The CA redlegged frog population at the Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve (1989-2002). What happened to all the frogs?
M. Jennings

Wednesday, April 16 Afternoon

Session: Status/Trends of Aquatic Resources in the Sea of Cortez
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency A
Moderator: Y. Muirhead/S. lLuch-Cota

2:00pm
 Introduction
2:10

[3101] Biodiversity and fisheries: are they compatible?
D. Thomson
2:30

[3102] Field guide to the marine fishes from the Gulf of California
M. Buckhorn
2:50

[3103] Is there any change in the productivity in the Gulf of California (1997 – 2002)?
S. Hernández-Vázquez
3:10

[3104] The Gulf of California shrimp fishery: environmental effects and management implications
 J. López Martínez
3:30
Break
3:50

[3105] Evaluating the influence of Colorado River flow on the corvina fishery in northern Gulf of California
K. Rowell
4:10

[3106] Ecosystem-based management of the Gulf of California region
 F. Arreguin Sanchez
4:30

[3107] The Gulf of California: ecosystem view and environmental trends
S. Lluch-Cota
4:50

Panel Discussion

Session: Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Management
Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency B
Moderator:

2:20pm
 Introduction
2:30

[3201] Evaluation of common habitat restoration techniques in the Pacific Northwest
P. Roni
2:50

[3202] Protecting and restoring riparian area structure and function along forest highways
J. Doyle
3:10

[3203] The adaptive management forum for large-scale riverine habitat projects: a collaborative peer review
R. Reed
3:30
 Break 
3:50

[3204] Recommended flow mitigation from Libby Dam for pre-spawn burbot movement
V. Paragamian
4:10

[3205] Improving Chinook salmon passage and spawning habitat on the Merced River
R. Mager
4:30

[3206] Overview of USBR’s fish passage research and developments
C. Liston
4:50

[3207] Mitigation measures for levees and other stabilized banks: reducing impacts to salmonids rearing habitats
R. Peters

Session: Ocean Ecology of Pacific Salmon (Part 2)
 Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Regency C
Moderator: R. Brodeur

2:20pm
 Introduction
2:30

[3301] Interannual and spatial variability in feeding habits of juvenile salmon in the Columbia River Plume
R. Brodeur
2:50
 [3302] Indexing oceanic growth rate of post-smolt coho salmon from the OR/WA coast
B. Beckman
3:10

[3303] Overwinter lipid dynamics of juvenile coho and Chinook salmon
M. Trudel
3:30
 Break
3:50

[3304] Euphausiids and their implications for marine coho and sockeye survival
R. Tanasichuk
4:10

[3305] Differences in early ocean ecology of chinook and coho salmon in SE Alaska
 L. Weitkamp
4:30

[3306] Juvenile pink salmon in the marine ecosystem of the northern Gulf of Alaska
L. Haldorson
4:50

[3307] Abnormal migration and premature mortality in Fraser River salmon
S. Hinch

Session: An Unique Ecosystem: The Salton Sea, A Saline Lake in a Desert Environment (Part 2)
 Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Islands A
Moderator: L. Caskey

2:00pm
 Introduction
2:10

[3401] Salinity tolerance of juvenile red bellied tilapia during direct and gradual transfer to elevated salinity
P. Davis
2:30

[3402] Studies of epizootiology of type C botulism at the Salton Sea
P. Nol
2:50

[3403] Dynamics of selenium and other contaminants in the Salton Sea ecosystem
M. Coe
3:10

[3404] Fish and fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea: past trends and future prospects
S. Hurlbert
3:30
 Break
3:50

[3405] How not to structure an ag to urban water transfer
K. Doyle
4:10 - 5:10pm

Panel Discussion

Session: Determining the Number of Salmon Historically Present (Part 2)
 Venue: Hyatt Islandia
Room: Islands B
Moderator: H. Michael

2:00pm
 Introduction
2:10

[3501] Why is it important to determine how many salmon used to be there?
H. Michael
2:30

[3502] Importance of density dependency and carcass nutrient interactions for pacific salmon strategies
D. Schmidt
2:50 - 5:10

Panel Discussion

Session: Emerging Theory, Experience, and Issues Related to Fire, Fire Management., and Aquatic Resources (Part 2)
 Venue: Marina Village
Room: Terrace Room
Moderator: D. Cross

2:20pm
 Introduction
2:30

[3601] A simple recipe for better integration of aquatic and fisheries issues in wildland fire planning
D. Lee
2:50

[3602] Effects of fire on aquatic biodiversity in high elevation lakes of the OR cascade range
R. Gresswell
3:10

[3603] Does wildfire favor invasion of nonnative fishes?
C. Sestrich
3:30
 Break
3:50

[3604] Wildfires and fishes in the southwestern US: regional short and long-term effects
J. Rinne
4:10

[3605] An initial evaluation of the short-term effects of the Haymen fire on aquatic ecosystems
J. Kershner
4:30

[3606] The ESA, fire management, and interagency cooperation: success stories from CA and NV
C. Mellison
4:50

Where do we go from here?

Panel Discussion

Session: Biology & Management of Native & Exotic Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern California and Northern Baja, California (Part 3)
Venue: Marina Village
Room: Dockside Room
Moderator: R. Fisher

2:20pm
 Introduction
2:30

[3701] Current research and status of the mountain yellow-legged frog in southern CA
A. Backlin
2:50

[3702] Exotic amphibians, current status, and possible impacts
T. Toure

Session: Exotic Species
Venue: Marina Village
Room: Dockside Room

3:50

[3801] Ongoing invasion potential of an alien species Micropterus coosae, in CA waterways
B. Chasnoff
4:10

[3802] Alien fishes in natural streams: fish distribution and conservation in the Cosumnes River, CA
P. Moyle
4:30

[3803] Use of otolith microchemistry to identify source and timing of exotic species introduction
A. Munro
4:50

[3804] Amphibians and introduced fishes: compatible or pathway to extinction?
K. Pope
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